Family caregivers often feel stressed, exhausted, anxious, sad, angry, and sometimes hostile. Caregivers have several options available to them in order to reduce their stress. One of them is to look closely at their own behavior. Some family caregivers feel they are the only person who can give their loved-one the proper care. Usually, this is not true. Often family members and friends can step up as good substitute caregivers and will volunteer to help if the primary caregiver appears interested or receptive ...

The Dementia Society of America (DSA) has 3 primary mission-related activities. (1) First and foremost we focus on education and awareness. This includes connecting people to local resources and sending them valuable information about Dementia to caregivers, folks living with Dementia, and the public at-large. (2) We help underwrite meaningful non-medical therapy events to to those living in Special Care Units across the US/Canada, such as music, the arts, movement and touch. (3) Lastly, DSA recognizes caregivers and innovators in the Dementia community. We are volunteer-led; we are a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and we exist solely through the generosity of individual and corporate donors.